Improvement in elevated ways



H.'w. FARLEY.

-flevated ways.

No,v137,667i PatentedApme,1a13,.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

d HENRY w. IAnLEr, oE oswEeo, ILLINOIS.

IMPROVEMENT IN ELEVATED WAVS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 137,667, dated April 8,1873 application filed March s, 1873.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY W. FARLEY, of Oswego, in the county of Kendalland in the State of Illinois, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Elevated Bailways; and do hereby declare that thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawing making a part of this specication,in which- Figure lis a front elevation of my improved device; Fig. 2 isavert-ical central section of the same upon line of Fig. l; and Fig. 3is a plan view of the upper side of the carrier.

Letters of like name and kind refer to like The object of my inventionis to enable cars or other articles to be transported for any distancewith ease and dispatch; and it consists, principally, in the means`employed for sustaining the rope in vertical and radial position,substantially as and for the purpose hereinafter specified. It consists,further, in the means employed for imparting a longitudinal motion tothe rope, substantially as and for the purpose hereinafter shown.

In the annexed drawing, A represents4 a cable or rope constructed of orfrom wire, upon the upper side of which is placed a series of metalplates, B, that have a length equal to nearly twice their width, and aresecured in place by any suitable means. Upon each second plate B isplaced a plate, C, which has a width about equal to the diameter of thecable, and a length suflicient to enable it toextend over the contiguousedges of the plates B immediately in front and in rear of the plate towhich it is attached. This arrangement of the plates B and C gives tothe cable great rigidity against a vertical pressure that wouldotherwise cause it t0 curve downward, while at the same time they leavesaid cable free to bend around a pulley when used in an endless form.The carrier thus oonstructed is supported at suitable intervals by meansof flanged rollers D,^which are each attached to or upon the inner endof a shaft, E, that is journaled within a post, F, or an equivalentsupporting-frame. In order to give all possible space between saidrollers for the passage of articles being transported by the cable, theshafts E are arranged at .an angle, as shown in Fig. 1, and theperipheries of said rollers formed upon a corresponding opposite angleso as to occupy a horizontal line at their upper sides. The bearin g andsupporting rollers are arranged in pairs, and are placed opposite toeach other, so as to receive the ends of each plate B simultaneously. Inorder to permit the cable to have suiiioient lateral flexibility to turncurves, the plates B, while touching each other at their longitudinalcenters, are out away from thence outward in each direction, as shown inFig. 3. Motion is imparted to the carrier by means'of one or morewheels, GT which are each secured to or upon a suitably-journaled shaft,H, and have a breadth of face corresponding to the distance between thelanges d of a pair of rollers, D, and are provided near their ends withenlargementsg, that are formed of or covered by elastic material. Eachdriving-wheel Gr is placed directly over a pair of bearing-rollers, D,and made adjustable toward or from the same, so as to enable thecarrier-plates B to be firmly grasped between their peripheries. Bycausing said wheels to revolve the carrier will be moved in an oppositedirection. In practice it is intended to have the carrier madecontinuous, and at each end of the route pass around a suitable pulley.When the length of the carrier is comparatively short one engine,operatingthrough a drivin g-wheel, G, will be sulicient to operate thesame; but when a long carrier is employed several engines will berequired, saidengines being arranged at suitable intervals, and eithercontrolled directly by means of electricity so as to movesimultaneously, or by the same means a system of signals are to beconveyed to those in charge of said engines, and their action thusrendered uniform.

The device described is applicable to the carriage of cars or any otherarticles, which are to be suspended from the lower side ofthe cable inany suitable manner, and, being coinparatively cheap in construction andoperation, can be employed with proit in place where an ordinary railwaywould not ypay eX wheels G, when relatively arranged, substan# penses.tially as and for the purpose shown.

Having thus fully set forth the nature and In testimony that I claim theforegoing I 'merits of my invention, what I claim as new have hereuntoset my hand this 3d day of is March, 1873.

1. In combination with the cable A the Y plates B and C, when relativelyarranged, substantially as and for the purpose specified. Witnesses:

2. In combination with the carrier as a F. GOFFIN, whole thesupporting-rollers D and driving- WILLIS FORBES.

HENRY W. FARLEY.

